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[Richard Barmann]

How do I mount/find the /tmp/fstab_16_04.txt


On 08/02/2016 05:20 PM, Vesa-Pekka Tapani Mikkola wrote:
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> I got these lenovos as second hand inc. windows in both,labels down 
> remarkable but not any more in use of them.
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> 03.08.2016, 00:08, Ralf Mardorf kirjoitti:
>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:57:50 -0400, Richard Barmann wrote:
>>> >#3 adding the Windows XP from my CD
>> Is it possible for your needs to run Windows as guest in a virtual
>> machine? If using any Windows, then my recommendation is to install a
>> 64-bit Windows 7. I'm not a Windows expert, so there might be reasons
>> to avoid Windows 7. However, since this is a Linux mailing list, you
>> should ask for Windows support on a Windows forum. Perhaps you should
>> first install Windows and then Linux, since at least I would dislike to
>> help you to fix your Linux and then two days later, help you to fix it
>> again, because installing Windows has broken your Linux again. If you
>> could run Windows as guest on a Linux host, then Windows couldn't break
>> your Linux installs and continuing to help you right now would make
>> sense. But again, running Windows in a VM can not replace a "real"
>> Windows install. If choosing to install it as guest makes sense,
>> depends to your needs. An advantage would be, that you don't need to
>> reboot, you could run Linux and Windows at the same time.
>>
>> You are running a 32-bit Ubuntu. Is your computer really not 64-bit
>> architecture?
>>
>> If you shouldn't know, you can find out by running
>>
>>    sudo lshw -c cpu
>>
>> Perhaps you first need to install the package  lshw .
>>
>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:59:52 -0400, Richard Barmann wrote:
>>> >I tried to run the
>>> >
>>> >grep linux /boot/grub/grub.cfg > /tmp/grubcfg.txt
>>> >
>>> >but did not get any action.
>> You don't see any output, because the output is redirected to a text
>> file. we don't need grub.cfg anymore, but we need fstab from all of
>> your Linux installs. IIUC you have 3 Linux installs.
>>
>> Run
>>
>>    cat /path/to/sdb7/mount/point/etc/fstab > /tmp/fstab_ubuntu_15_04.txt
>>    cat /path/to/sdb8/mount/point/etc/fstab > /tmp/fstab_ubuntu_16_04.txt
>>    cat /path/to/sd??/mount/point/etc/fstab > /tmp/fstab_kubuntu16_04.txt
>>
>> For the Linux you booted /path/to/sd??/mount/point needs to be dropped.
>>
>> You will see no output in the terminal, but in the directory /tmp,
>> there will be the generated files and those files add as attachment to
>> emails.
>>
>> I suspect you can automatically mount the partitions with the default
>> GUI file manager of your *buntu installs, so mounting by command line
>> isn't required.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
>>
>>
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